WO2002003883A3 - Improving effectiveness of medical stents by gcib - Google Patents

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WO2002003883A3
WO2002003883A3 PCT/US2001/021564 US0121564W WO0203883A3 WO 2002003883 A3 WO2002003883 A3 WO 2002003883A3 US 0121564 W US0121564 W US 0121564W WO 0203883 A3 WO0203883 A3 WO 0203883A3
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Allen R Kirkpatrick
Robert K Becker
Avrum Freytsis
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Epion Corp
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
    • C23F—NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL; MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASS C23 AND AT LEAST ONE PROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25
    • C23F3/00—Brightening metals by chemical means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/82—Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
    • A61F2/86—Stents in a form characterised by the wire-like elements; Stents in the form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
    • A61F2/90—Stents in a form characterised by the wire-like elements; Stents in the form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure
    • A61F2/91—Stents in a form characterised by the wire-like elements; Stents in the form characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure characterised by a net-like or mesh-like structure made from perforated sheet material or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/06—Sources
    • H01J2237/08—Ion sources
    • H01J2237/0812—Ionized cluster beam [ICB] sources

Abstract

Effectiveness of medical stents can be improved by processing with a GCIB (302) processor (300) that comprises a coronary stent (10); lens voltage (VL1, VL2) power supplies (142, 144); axis (304, 336, 338); beam aperture plate (306) with defining aperture (310); collecting device (314); plate support (308); electrically insulating supports (316); current conducting lead (318); dose processor (324); beam gate (320); electrical control cable (322); manipulator (400); motor shaft (332); flexible shaft coupler (334); rotary motor (328); vacuum feedthrough (330); vacuum pumping systems (146a-c); gas source (112); metering valve (113); gas feed tube (114); stagnation chamber (116); nozzle (11); supersonic gas jet (118); cylinder (111); gas skimmer aperture (120); ionizer (122); incandescent filaments (124); chambers (104, 106, 108); vacuum vessel (102); voltage electrodes (126); anode voltage (VA) power supply (134); filament voltage (VF) power supply (136); extraction voltage (VE) power supply (138); and accelerator voltage (VACC) power supply (140).
PCT/US2001/021564 2000-07-10 2001-07-09 Improving effectiveness of medical stents by gcib WO2002003883A2 (en)

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